Ray Reed of Cannelton is an architect by trade, but he has a passion for playing the pedal steel guitar.

That passion led him to organize the annual Southern Indiana Steel Guitar Jamboree, which celebrated its fifth year at Cedar Valley Park Sunday. And it helped him attract some top musicians from as far away as Chicago, including ones who have played with big-name Grand Ole Opry stars.

TELL CITY – Deer season opens in Indiana Oct. 1 and many hunters will take to the woods. Forest officials want you to have a successful and safe hunt and be aware of the rules while visiting the Hoosier National Forest.

District Ranger Chris Zimmer reminds the public, “The Hoosier belongs to everyone and hunters are welcome to hunt on Forest land, with limited exceptions.”

He explains designated recreation areas such as Hardin Ridge or Tipsaw, and Pioneer Mothers Memorial Forest south of Paoli are closed to hunting.

ROCKY POINT – The Perry County Museum will host a fundraising event during Blue Heron Winery’s Wine Over Water Friday, Sept. 18, at the winery on the hill above Rocky Point. The event will start at 6 p.m. with admission and silent auction proceeds benefiting the museum.

The music guests will be Danny Bolin, Leo Gronquist and Don Sherry. Food will be available for purchase from Rudy’s and wine from Blue Heron Winery.

TELL CITY – The Perry County Memorial Hospital invites community members to join them as they celebrate the Race for the Cure Sunday, Sept. 27. The hospital has chartered a bus to transport participants at no charge.

The bus will depart PCMH at 6:15 a.m. and will return at approximately 11 a.m.

My neighboring vendor at the Belknap Farmers’ Market, Janet Haggerty, shared some little cherry tomatoes with me last week that came from a stray seedling: the little tomatoes where a dull yellow and about the size of a gooseberry. They were fantastic!

I remember meeting a woman at the state fair years ago that brought in a similar bag of tiny tomatoes.

TELL CITY – The Hoosier National Forest will help launch an Every Kid in a Park program, as part of President Obama’s commitment to protect the nation’s unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them.

TELL CITY – Perry County Memorial Hospital celebrated the grand opening of the new facility May 21.

The new facility includes state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, including the most advanced mammography equipment in the region. The PCMH Auxiliary donated funding to support the new mammography equipment.

The mammography equipment at the hospital includes stereotactic biopsy equipment and promises advanced imaging and convenience for the patient and medical staff.

TELL CITY –The Lafayette Spring Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its first meeting for the 2015-16 year at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Perry County Museum in Cannelton. Lena Joyal will host and present a program on the flag code.

Dragging Main! What a great idea. I am K. Jeanene Haynes Champion. In 1949, I had a 1936 Chevy with a whooptie, whoo, whoo, whistle on it.

I moved from South Bend to Grandview after graduating in 1949. I started working at General Electric and met Mary Lou (Poehlein) Parker, Mary (Tabelman) Wilgus, Jessie (Young) Schroeder, Nita Meyers and Dot (Lasher) Kessner. My new friends and I loved to drag Main Street.

Marcie and Louie Heitkemper of Tell City will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary at their home Labor Day weekend with their children, Mark (Judith) Heitkemper of Henderson, Ky.; Marci Liz Tabor of Mason, Ohio, and Michele (Chad) Gentry of Vestavia Hills, Ala., They were married Sept. 8, 1950, in Lake City, S.C.

The Heitkempers have four grandchildren, Uric Heitkemper of Henderson, Ky., Marli Tabor of Mason, Ohio, and Zachary and Haley Gentry of Nashville, Tenn., and both students at Vanderbilt University.